Jane Austen Recommended Reads

 

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1. The heroine's bookshelf: life lessons from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Author:
Blakemore, Erin M.
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Athens Drive Community - Adult Non-Fiction
809.933 BLAKE
Duraleigh Road - Adult Non-Fiction
809.933 BLAKE
East Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
809.933 BLAKE
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In this compelling book of beloved heroines and the remarkable writers who created them, Erin Blakemore explores how the pluck and dignity of literary characters such as Anne Shirley, Elizabeth Bennet, Jane Eyre, Scarlett O'Hara, Scout Finch and Jo March can inspire women today.

2. Jane Austen's bookshelf: a rare book collector's quest to find the women writers who shaped a legend

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Author:
Romney, Rebecca
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9 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Duraleigh Road - Adult Non-Fiction
823 ROMNE
North Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
823 ROMNE
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"From rare book dealer and guest star of the hit show Pawn Stars, a page-turning literary adventure that introduces readers to the women writers who inspired Jane Austen [Frances Burney, Ann Radcliffe, Charlotte Lennox, Charlotte Smith, Hannah More, Elizabeth Inchbald, Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, and Maria Edgeworth]--and investigates why their books have disappeared from our shelves"--